Induction Initiated

I told my mom of my plans and she said, "that sounds just like you." Meaning, of course, that I have once again put aside concern for my comfort and well being in order to try to give my child optimal nutrition. Except that wasn't what she meant at all. What she meant is that I am once again embarking on an endeavor that I researched thoroughly then promptly blew off until the very last minute and now am scrambling to play catch-up. What can I say, she's my mom and she knows me best.

And also like me I have a rationalization. You see, I initially decided against trying to breastfeed because I knew it will be tons of prep work and no guarantee of payoff, as it is basically a crapshoot whether or not I will make enough milk to actually feed a baby. I just didn't want to waste the precious last few months when Fletcher can still be my sole focus being attached to a breast pump, and more specifically, waking up in the middle of the night to pump. I know I have lots of interrupted sleep in my future and didn't feel like accelerating it a month or two, you know? But the more I thought about it, I just figured that with the right mindset it really isn't going to be that much more work (particularly now that the next handful of weeks we will be on our trip and hopefully will have a lot of downtime) and if it gets to be too much, then I will just stop, and not feel guilty about it. This way I am letting my body decide. Who knows, it may surprise me (it has before, although not normally in a good way!).

I have an appointment with an RN on Saturday to go over the protocol. I am going to be using Dr. Newman's Accelerated Protocol and if you are curious you can read a little more about it here. I have taken my first BCP but getting my hands on the other drug is proving to be a bit more of a challenge, but I am working on it.